Brassiere construction



Oct. 7, 1952 s. H. PION BRASSIERE CONSTRUCTION Filed April 25, 1950INVENTOR 504 H. P/ON ATT RNEY Patented Oct. 7, 1952.

UNITED STATES PATENT BaAssIEnE "CONSTRUCTION ,Sol -H..Pion, Jamaica, .N.Y. Application April25, 19s0,"seriai-No.1sv;9ts

1* Claim. 1

and an-outer front panel which relates to the confinement of-the 'bust.The inner panel has a pair'of bust openings formed therein toaccommodate the bust and it is supported by the shoulder-straps oi the,brassiere. The extent or degree of uplift will be determinedby'theadjustment of the shoulder straps. The outer control panel oi'thebrassiere has a pair of bust pockets or cups iormed'therein and thesepockets 'or cup-s are supported in adjustable fashion by the "shoulderstraps. The inner and outer front'panels are free from each other in thegeneral area of the bust openings in the innerpanel and'the bustpocketsin the'outer panel. The adjustment of 'theshoulder'straps will directlycontrol the uplift properties and abilities of the inner panel. But theadjustment of the shoulder straps does not control the extent towhichthe: outer panel 'coniinesthe bust.

In conventional brassieres, the bust pockets perform the dual iunctionofuplifting'and'confining the bust. In the'present' brassiere;the bustpockets perform'the single function of confining the bust, irrespectiveof the-extent of their uplift. By the same "token, the inner panel ofthe present brassiere controls the 'upliftwithout re-' gard to theextent of confinement of the bust.

stated differently, it is; the principal object oi this invention toprovide a brassiere oi. the character described,.having an inner and anouter bust controlzpanel, the inner panel having bustlopenings'iform'ed'therein and'being directly attached to the shoulderstraps to control .the upli'itof the bust, the outer panel'having bustpockets formed therein and being adjustably connected to the shoulderstraps to confine the bust in a measure independent of the extent of theuplift of the bust.

Another important object of this invention is the provision of a doublepaneled brassiere of the character described wherein an auxiliary pairor supplementary-pair of 'bustpocketa isprovided between the inner andthe outer panels sto #assist the conventional bust pockets whichareriorinecl in the outer panel toadequatly support and confine thebust. 'These auxiliary pockets are pro-- vided by simply sewing the twocontrol panels together along-lines'which correspond to'theqeurvature ofthe-conventional bust pockets. The

spacing between the bust pockets and the stitching-will determinehow'commo'dious theauxiliary pockets will be.

Still another object of this'invention 'is thepm! vision-of a brassiereo'fthecharacterdescribed;

wherein the auxiliarybust pockets may be vari'ed in size to accordwiththeindividual needs arms More particularly. 1 the outer and inner frontpanels'are securecl'w ench other-along a plurality oflines oistitching,-'each* line being spaced-from its adj'acent line t'caqpreultimate consumers.

determined extent. The stitching is removable,

and. should it'be found that the size ofthe'aux iliary pockets isinadequate in a given 'case,-.then the uppermost line of stitching-isremoved and the auxiliary bust pockets are accordingly Yen-'- deredlarger. Should the auxiliary bust pockets: still be too small to meettheindividual -require-'-= merits of a given person, thenthe second lineof stitches'maybe'removed' and the auxiliary bust pockets 'will "onceagain be enlarged to a 'corresponding extent.

in'a given'brassiere.

A preferred form of thisinvention"is'shownim the accompanying "drawinginwhich:

, Fig. "l is a perspective front view of; a brase siere madeinaccordancewith'thepresent invntion. I

Fig. 2 is-an, inside view of the front of said brassiere, showing theinner bust controlpanel in. which bust openings "are formed andalso-showing the outer bust control panel through said.

bust openings.

shows how the inner front panelzisdirectlyat 'tached 'to the shoulderstraps 'andhowtthe. outer control panel is adjustably or sli'clablyconnected to said shoulder straps.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing a slightly modifiedconstruction wherein the shoulder strapsare slldably or adiultably at-As a practical proposition; however, only twolinesof stitching areprovidedtached to the outer control panel by means other than the loopswhich are shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

It will be seen in the drawing that the present invention may be appliedto what appears outwardly to be a conventional brassiere [0. It has apair of front panels I I and I2 respectively which are attached to eachother to form what may be designated for purposes of this specification,the front outer panel qf the brassiere. This front outer panel"isjprovided with a pair of bust pockets I3 and I l respectively.

Atttached to the sides of the front panel is a pair of side panels l5and I6. Attached to the side panels are back panels I7 and? respec'tively. The two back panels I1 and [8 may be fastened to each other bymeans of conventional hooks and eyes or other;,conventional; means notshown in the drawing. The brassiere may also be supported by shoulderstraps Hi and which may be adjustable as to length by any, conventionalmeans. 1 The brassiere may also.;;be. provided-with girdle supportinghook members 21. 5. 5'

--Although the front panel or panels of the brassiere andytheir,respective bust pockets l3 and I4 are=largely conventional, they arenot supported by the shoulder straps by conventional means. It will benoted that the bust pockets are provided with inner loops and 26respectively through which shoulder straps l9 and 20 slidably extend. Inother words, the shoulder strapsare free to move longitudinally ofthemselves through the two loops. Instead, therefore, of being attachedto the outer front panels. I I and]; ,of:,the brassiere, strap l9 and 20areattachedto innerfront-panels 3e and}?! respectivelyasFigs. 2 and 3clearly show. I These two innerpanels are fastened to each other bymeans of vertical lines of stitching 32 and they are alsofastenedgtotheside panels liand i6 of the brassierealong vertical lines ofstitching 33 and 34 respectively.

-Front inside panels 30 and 31 may conveniently and eol lectively bedescribed as the inside front control panel of the brassiere. It isattached. to;.the outer front control panel which consists of'panels IIand 2 by means of the same stitching 33 and 34 aforementioned, and it isalso attached thereto by means of horizontal stitching35 along its loweror bottom edge. Thus it .will-be seen that the two front panels of thebrassiere are a'ttachedalong their side edges and alongtheir bottomedges but they are free from eaeh'o'tlier along their topv edges.

Formed, injfron't inside panels 36 and 3l'are bust openings 3! and 38respectively. The dimensionspfthe'se openings correspond to the crosssectional dimensions of the bust, without regard or -relation to thebust length. Between these two bust-openings 31 and 38 is a bustseparatingpanel -portion'39 which is also free from the outer fron'tpanel. The width of this panel portion will determine the extent ofseparationof. the bust. It will be noted that straps l9 and 2Barestitched at their lower front ends to thet upperportions of innerpanels 36 and 3!.

Hence, when the straps are pulled tight upon the shoulders, of the;wearer, said inner panels 30 and 3 i will be very adequately supportedand said panels will, .in turn, provide the necessary upliftfo r thebust."

Below bust openings 37 and 38 are two rows of removable stitching 40 and4| respectively which are curved to approximate the curvature of thelower portions of said bust openings. It will be seen in Fig. 3, thatauxiliary bust pockets 43 are thereby formed between the inner and outerfront panels, immediately below their respective bust openings 37 and 38and bust pockets l3 and i 4. These auxiliary bust pockets assist inaccommodating, controlling, and uplifting the bust. Should it be foundthat these "auxiliary pockets are not large enough for the purpose, thenone of said lines of stitching, to wit the upper line 40, is removed andthe lower line of stitching ll 'will now define the bottom of theauxiliary pockets. As has above been indicated, these linesofstitchingare of the removable type. Thus Fig.2 shows one end We of stitching. 40partly removed from the garment.

It will be understood that the foregoing is descriptive of apreferredform of this invention and that this form may be modified inmany ways and other forms may be provided within the broad scope andspirit of this invention. 5

An illustrationoi" how the brassiere above. described may be modifiedwithin the -broadfcover-. age of the invention appears in Fig. 4. Itwill there be noted that strap I9 extends through a slit 50 formed inthe outer .control panel immediately above the bust'p'ocket. Thisarrange ment eliminates the need of a loop such as loop 25 shown inFigs. 2 and 3..

the construction may be similar to the construction above described.Fig. .4 relates specifically to front outer panel iijand front innerpanel the character described, havbust pockets, said panelsl beingattached to each other along their respective side and bottom edges andbeing free from each other along their respective top edges and betweentheir saiolbust openings and bust pocketasaid brassiere. being providedwith a pair, of shoulder straps which are permanently fastened, to theinner front panel, immediately above the bust openings formed therein,and which slideably extend.

through the loops which areprovided above the bust pockets of the outerfront panel forads- Justable connection therewith.

REFERENCES. ,orrsn The following references file of this patent;

UNITED STAT-ES PATENTS In all other respects But the construction"therein shown ap plies equally as well to front panels 12 and 3].:

front panel with bust pockets apair of'loops on the inside of panelimmediately above said son H. Prom are, of record in ,the

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